Case 7:19-or-01803 Document 1 Filed on 08/31/19 in TXSD l5age arse-w

Southern Distrlet OtTex'as?
A0 Criminal Cornplaint FILED

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT AUG 3 1 2.019
f? David J. Bradley, Clerk 

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Clarens Antonio C353 No. 
YOB: 1978. Citizenship: Mexico 


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CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
I, the complainant in this case,.state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge. and belief.
On or. about the date(S) of Aggust 31. 2019 in the county of Starr in the 
Southern District of Texas the defendant(s) violated:
Code Section Offense Description
31 U..S.- Code? 5332 Defendant did knoWingty and Intentionally attempt to evade. currency reporting

requirements. by knowingly concealing approximately $214,660 in United States
currency in a vehicle. before it exited the United States into Mexico at the Falcon
Darn Port of Entry.

This criminal complaint is based on these facts:

See Attachment: 

5' Continued on the attached sheet:
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Attachment 

I, Rolando Lerma Jr., Special Agent with United States Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), being duly sworn, depose
and say the following:

On August 31, 2019, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Of?cers encountered
Clarens Antonio attempting to drive a vehicle into Mexico at
the Falcon Darn Port of Entry in Falcon Heights, Texas. CORONADO declared to
of?cers that he had less than $10,000 U.S. Dollars with him or inside the vehicle.

Of?cers conducted a search of the vehicle and subsequently discovered bundles of
U.S. currency totaling approximately $214,660 U.S. dollars concealed inside the
center hump of the vehicle. . Of?cers detained CORONADO and contacted HSI.

HSI Special Agent Rolando Lerma Jr. read CORONADO his Miranda Rights and
CORONADO waived his right to an attorney. CORONADO admitted he was
going to get paid approximately $2,000 U.S. dollars by an unidenti?ed person in
Mexico to transport an unknown large amount of U.S. currency concealed
somewhere inside the vehicle from Houston, Texas, to the Mexican state of Nuevo
Leon. CORONADO admitted he knew that failing to declare U.S. currency over
$10,000 U.S. dollars when exiting the United States to Mexico was a violation of
U.S. law.

CORONADO also admitted he had illegally transported large amounts of
concealed U.S. currency from the United States into Mexico in exchange for
payments on two other occasions within the last twelve months.